S.Amdt. 2313
What it does: Adds SEC. 1237. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO ASSAD REGIME DURING DESTRUCTION OF SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS at the end of subtitle C of title XII
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1237. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO ASSAD REGIME DURING DESTRUCTION OF SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS at the end of subtitle C of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
Inserted: SEC. 1237. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO ASSAD REGIME DURING DESTRUCTION OF SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The United States Government may not provide financial assistance or license, approve, facilitate, contribute, or otherwise allow the sale, lease, transfer, or delivery of any items for the purposes of the dismantlement and destruction of Syria's chemical program that could be adapted for military use to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) or the government of any country until the Secretary of Defense submits to the appropriate congressional committees--
Inserted: (1) a certification that--
Inserted: (A) such assistance will not be transferred or provided to the Government of Syria; and
Inserted: (B) the final disposition of any items or equipment, after the chemical weapons are removed from Syria or are destroyed in Syria, will not remain with the Government of Syria; and
Inserted: (2) an assessment of whether the Government of Syria's declaration to the OPCW regarding its chemical weapons program is complete, including a list of undeclared chemical weapons stockpiles, munitions, and facilities in Syria.
Inserted: (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means--
Inserted: (1) the congressional defense committees;
Inserted: (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
Inserted: (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2313. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1237. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO ASSAD REGIME DURING DESTRUCTION OF SYRIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
(a) In General.--The United States Government may not provide financial assistance or license, approve, facilitate, contribute, or otherwise allow the sale, lease, transfer, or delivery of any items for the purposes of the dismantlement and destruction of Syria's chemical program that could be adapted for military use to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) or the government of any country until the Secretary of Defense submits to the appropriate congressional committees--
(1) a certification that--
(A) such assistance will not be transferred or provided to the Government of Syria; and
(B) the final disposition of any items or equipment, after the chemical weapons are removed from Syria or are destroyed in Syria, will not remain with the Government of Syria; and
(2) an assessment of whether the Government of Syria's declaration to the OPCW regarding its chemical weapons program is complete, including a list of undeclared chemical weapons stockpiles, munitions, and facilities in Syria.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 19, 2013